Florida hopes home Swamp is a friendlier place

6:37 PM,
Oct. 4, 2012

Florida quarterback Jeff Driskel (6) and the Gators suffered a 41-11 loss to LSU last year in Baton Rouge.

Written by

Glenn Guilbeau
gguilbeau@gannett.com

BATON ROUGE - The Florida Gators basically ran into a team of Troy Landrys last year at this time when they visited LSU.

Tiger Stadium may as well have been the Atchafalaya River Basin and the Tigers the "Swamp People." Final score: No. 1 LSU 41, No. 17 Florida 11.

It was the Gators' worst skinning since losing the national championship in the 1995 season to Nebraska by 62-24 and their worst regular-season loss since going belly up at Tennessee, 45-3, in coach Steve Spurrier's first season in 1990. It was LSU's most lopsided win over the Gators since a 48-7 limit four decades prior. ...